Breaking news: January ordering, Summer delivery, Black First Edition interior, no manual Sasquatch & more

[ZackDanger]

Got sidetracked with the big info, but rereading I just noticed this:

1. Customer places order and agree to selling price with dealer between mid-January through March 19, 2021. Note: Bronco will not have online order conversions and will require dealers to place order

So with no order conversions, each one will be a fresh order, not tied to your reservation directly, so this confirms what they told us in September where the dealer will be doing the priority of the orders, not Ford.

Not disagreeing with the dealer potentially having the ability to chose priority... but I read that line as not referencing that, but rather, addressing the rumor that has been floated that buyers will build their Bronco themselves online and forward the order to their dealer, instead of the dealer doing it.

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[Walnut]

Got sidetracked with the big info, but rereading I just noticed this:

1. Customer places order and agree to selling price with dealer between mid-January through March 19, 2021. Note: Bronco will not have online order conversions and will require dealers to place order

So with no order conversions, each one will be a fresh order, not tied to your reservation directly, so this confirms what they told us in September where the dealer will be doing the priority of the orders, not Ford.

I read this to mean that we won't be emailed a special link to configure and then hit "submit" and wait for delivery.

 

[BroncoKong Jr.]

They really should just make them MY22 with a summer release

 

[cmb]

honestly, if they added all black to the wild track, it'd be such an easy choice.

Same here, that is the trim I wanted and really still do, just not with the current interior.

 

[Ckent]

“Navy Pier will still be available for FE”

It’s like they think someone might actually want an interior that looks like old airplane seats....

 

[Jv15]

Not really surprised, I’m pretty sure they’d like to get these out ASAP, but shit happens. Given the timing, how about just making all 2021s FIrst Editions. Only model for 2021. People that want special first prod get that special FE. Still limited by reservation number. Seems a win/win. Ford gets those people in the door spending the $60k+ for 2021 for the exclusivity that an FE is kind of missing right now. Everyone else likely gets more of what they want from late availability just a little further down the line and gives Ford more time. The delay sucks, but only 1 real model to focus on for the moment. I say all this without holding an FE reservation.

 

[Skeeterjack]

My wife was right. There really is no Santa.

 

[bluezombi]

Ford Canada as usual is just sleeping or In a coma...

 

[Beach_Bum]

I'm sorta curious what percentage of First Editions will be ordered with Navy Pier vs Black interior.

The true unicorn will be a 2-dr Manual, Navy Pier First Edition.

 

[Freebird32]

The Model T had a black interior. They wow us with some rich-looking baseball glove leather and then have lackluster (and some weird trims) interior offerings across all the models. While I understand folks in colder climates do ok with black / dark colors, in Florida it is the absolute worst choice along with black top or black paint. 8 or 9 months of temps over 90 degrees and a hot sun make for a real oven inside any car. It would be nice to have better choices. Screwy option packages too. I bet these will probably get ironed out in the subsequent model years.

 

[De Brus]

Hell yes, FE is back in action ?

 

[Heffe66413]

Does anyone else consider a 2022 less valuable than a 2021 Bronco? If you order and then Ford tells you it will now be a 2022 model can you cancel your reservation ?

 

[Evanm14]

Since there is a delay, should I wait for a hybrid version? I'm sure by 2022 they will have it to compete with the Wrangler version.

 

[XCR440]

I read this to mean that we won't be emailed a special link to configure and then hit "submit" and wait for delivery.

No, originally we were going to do a conversion from the reservations. There's a button on our page that says "Process Offline" that we'd click to do the order (currently gray'd out and says "process will be available at order bank open" when you click it). Now it sounds like we'll do fresh orders, which I think will eliminate system issues and I'm glad to hear. I'm sure they'll make us enter customer info like they are on new (non Reservation) Bronco Sport orders so they can compare the email to the reservation if needed.

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